• Begin with your feet and palms together
• Send your weight into your right foot as you take the left knee up and in towards the chest
• Using your left hand on your knee as a handle, turn your left thigh outwards
• Take hold of your left foot and place the sole against your right thigh
• Allow the knee to travel out as far as the hip will allow - do not force it
• If you're super flexible, aim to have your left knee at an angle just shy of 90 degrees from the body
• To maintain balance, press the right foot into the left thigh and vice-versa
• Bring your hands back into prayer and when you're ready, raise them to the sky, opening your arms out so they're shoulder-width apart
• Your gaze, or drushti, should rest softly forwards into the middle distance
• After holding the pose for 5 breaths, bring your hands back into prayer at the heart, use your left hand to bring the knee back into the midline and step down to the floor
• Repeat on the other side

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